Wardrobe trunk



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WARDROBE TRUNK Filed April 2, 192e 4 sneetsmsneet 2 Dm., 39 EQZEL F. wMEYER M'BMM WARDROBE TRUNK Filed April 2, 192e 4 sheetsheelu 4 N ma@ d3y M429 'Pent rnaoSS EMAIQVK NV. MEYER, 0F OSHKOSH, WISCNLN, ASSGNR TUll-E GEHKOSH TRUNK CUMPANY, 0F OSHKOSH, VJIECOlll'oIlil, ACt'BJEtIQGRAtON OF W'ISCONSIN Application filed April Si Y on line 4-4of Fig. l;

Fing. 5 is a iront View ot the latch assembly tor the door ot theohi'l'ionnier section;

lig. 6 is a horizontal sectional. View taken online 6-6 ot' Fig. 5;

Fig'. 7 is a trent View, with parts in section, ot one ot the loelrs forthe door et the wardrobe section;

8 is a vertical sectional View taken on line c3-S et 4 to show theendwise movable aotnatiiugI bars and associated bolts ot the mainlooking mechanism;

ins. 9 and 10 are enlarged detail sectional views taken on lines 9--9and itl-l0, respectit7 y, oi Fig. 8; and

i. s. ll and i2 are sectional and elevational rie resoeetirely ot amodiiied 'form ot structure tor actuating' the bolts oit the lool(-ingg; meehanism. Fig. il being taken on line il oit i2.

ltly improved trunk has a rigid body, de signed to stand on one end inthe manner ot wardrobe trunks. rlhe body is divided vertiilly into twocompartments l, 2 by an ap- 'ht pa tition wall 3 arranged at right-an-Jes to the rear wall 4 and parallel to the side i...il 5 o''i the trunk7as shown in itin' 4. The Compartment l opens through the 'irontoit' thetrunk so that drawers 6, 6 may be slid endwise into and out oit thesame. nthe drawers are arranged in a tier in the compartment i and makethe same the ehii'fonnier section oi' the trunk. Suitable guides orsupports are provider in the compartment i for the drawers to slide on,as usual in trani; design. 1

For the section l., l provide a door Y,

hinged along" one 'vertical edge, as at 8 8) to the side wall 5 adjacentthe open end ot the sectionj as shown in iii l, 2, and 4. Thelowern'iost drawer 6 entends down to the bottom wall 9 oil" the trunk,while the uppermost drawer extends to the top wall l0 of the trunk, thusinalriini` the tier ot drawers occupy the 'l'ull buign ot the section.By reason ot this fact, it is necessary to have the door 7 of a lengthto extend from the top to the bottom of the trunk; that is, trom the topwall l() to the ,Y

oottom wall 9. as shown 1n l* lgs. l and 3.

The section l has an outwardly projecting strip li at open end. T hemember ll ei;- tends alone; the side, top, and bottom walls of the trunksection, as shown. The door 7 is shaped to have its portions l2, l2overlap the inei'nber ll on the outside when the door is Closed. rl`hesmembers l2 abut against the :trent edges ot the top, bottom, and sidewalls ot the sections, and the door carries metal strips itl to overlapthe joints when the door is Clos d, as shown in 3. The bottom wall 9 otthe trunk is spaced above the floor by casters i4, so that the lower endof the door may swing` beneath the lower portion oi the member ll, asshown in Fig. 8. The casters may be in the term oi balls so that thetrunlt may be readily moved about the `tioor in any direction.

The eon'lpartment Q opens through the side ofi the trunk opposite theside wall 5, and is equipped with extensible trolleys l5, 1 5 and afollower lG to make the compartment serve as the wardrobe section ot thetrunk. The rear wali 4 ot the trank extends on opposite sides of thepartition 3 to the 'full extent oi the compartments l and 2, as shown inFig. 4. ity reason ot the tact that the compartment l opens through thetrent of the trunk, the front wall 4 ertenes only trom the partition 3to the openingl et the wardrobe section 2., and thus shorter than thewall 4.

For the wardrobe section f2, l provide door i7 liingget. at i8 to therear wall 4. Set in the open end et the section 2 and seoured to thetrent.. rear9 and bottoni walls oit the trunk, is a substantiallytl-shaped frame 19. This trame ezends outward troni the seeti on j and'itis overlapped by th e n" ltlO tions 20 of the door 17 when the latterisclosed. The portions 20 close against the opposed edges oi the trunkwalls deiining the section or compartment 3. These walls include thefront, rear, and bottom walls of the trunk and a lid or closure 21 forthe upper end of the section. This closure is hinged at 22 to the.adjacent edge of the permanenttop wall 10 of the section 1, as shown inFigs. 1, 2, and 8. The wall 10 extends beyond the partition wall 3`sothat the closure 21 is not hinged to said top wall along the line of thepartition. The door 17 carries a surrounding metal strip 23 to overlapall the walls defining the section 2 when the lid 21 and the door 17 areclosed.

To simultaneously lock and unlock both of the doors 7 and 17, I providea locking mechanism common to both doors. This mechanism has all of itsmoving parts mounted on and supported by the short front wall 4, andtherefore is intermediate the doors and is in position to readily reachthe free vertical swinging edges of the doors which close against thefront wall 4a. lVith the door 7 hinged to the side wall 5, said door isswung away from the front wall 4a in opening the door and does not swingback against said wall to interfere with operating the lockingmechanism.

The locking mechanism includes an endwise movable means inside of theiront wall 4'L and extending vertically along the same. This means iscomposed of upper and lower bars 24, 24, with the upper bar having itsupper end pivoted to a crank arm 25 lixed to an axis member 26 extendingthrough and rotatably mounted in the front wall 4, as shown in Fig. 10.A plate`27 is fixed on the axis member 26 on the outside of the wall 4aand has a haspV 2S hinged to it, as shown. The hasp carries a keyoperable lock 29 to enter a socket 30 on the outer side of the verticalswinging edge of the door 17 when the latter is closed and locked. Toreach rthis socket, the hasp 28 is turned into a horizontal positionextending across `the meeting edges of the wall 4a and door, asindicated' by the dotted lines` in Fig. 1.

On the outside of the wall 4a along its upright edge against which thedoor 17 closes, are a set of 'spaced locking fixtures 31, 31. Eachixture houses a locking member 32 Vcarried Vby an axis member 33extending through and rotatably mounted in the wall 4a, as shown in Fig.7. The members 33 are connected with the bars 24 by links 34. The upperbar extends to the intermediate -link 34, while the lower bar extendsfrom said link to the lower one and is pivoted thereto, as shown in Fig.8. The adjacent ends of the bars 24 overlap at the intermediate link andare pivoted thereto by a common pin. This connection is made so that thelinks willbe turned on moving the bars. The door 17 is provided alongits vertical swinging edge with a set of inwardly projecting lugs 35,35, one for each of the members 32 and having eyes therein to receivethe hooks on said members, as shown in Fig. 7 Turning the hasp 28 fromthe vertical position shown in full lines in Fig. 1 to the horizontalposition shown in dotted lines, mores the bars 24 and turns the membersto carry their hooks into the eyes of the lugs 35 to lock the door 17.Reversing the action unlocks the door, as is apparent. The lockingmechanism so far described is covered by my prior patents Reissue llo.14,143, granted May 3l), 1916, and No. 1,454,329, granted May 8, 1923,the latter relating specifically to the outside lock assembly asdetailed in Fig. 7.

Arranged inside of the front Vall 4 are bolts 36, 36. These bolts are atthe opposite ends of the set of' bars 24 and have pivotal connectionwith the crank 25 and lower bar, respectively, so as to be given endwisemovement in the actuation of said bars. The bolts extend toward theupright edge ol the wall 4, against which the door 7 closes, and thereoperate through cleat 37 along the inside of the front wall adjacent theedge referred to, as clearly shown in Fig. 9. These ends f the bolts 36,36 are supported in loop shaped brackets 38, 38 applied to the inside ofthe wa1l4a at the cleat, as shown in Fi 8 and 9.

For these bolts 36, the door 7 carries apertured lugs 39, 39, whichextend across the associa-ted edge of the door from the metal strip 40at such edge. The front wall 4 is provided with slots 41 so that thelugs 39 may extend through the wall and be in position to receive theouter or free ends olE the bolts 36 when the door is closed, as shown inFig. 9. In the structure illustrated, two bolts 36 are employed. Theseserve to lock the door 7 closed adjacent their upper and lower ends. Forthe middle portion of the, door, I provide a spring pressed latch.member 42 to co-operate with a socketed keeper Ai3 on the outside of thefront wall 4R. This latch locks the middle portion of the door closedand prevents the door from gapping at its center. This latch is alsoused to hold the door closed when the bolts 36 are withdrawn from thelugs 39.

By the structure described, the doors 7 and 17 of the chiliionnier andwardrobe compartments, respectively, may be locked and unlockedsimultaneously by merely being required to turn the hasp 23. This avoidsthe necessity of having a separate set of independently operable locksfor each door, as heretofore required in trunks of this general tyl e.Thus locking and unlocking the two doors is greatly facilitated byhaving only one member to grasp and actuate, and that member beinglocated adjacent the top oi.' the trunk is conveniently located -forgrasplsaid wall for one door, and means connecting the hasp with bothsets of movable locking members whereby the same may be movedsimultaneously into and out of locking engagement with the lockingmembers on both doors. v

6. The combinationl with a wardrobe trunk having a rigid body adapted tostand on one end and divided vertically into outwardly opening wardrobeand chionnier sections with two doors hinged to the body, one for eachsection and closable toward an upright wall of the body between saiddoors, of a locking mechanism for said doors, compris- ',ing bolts andhooks mounted on said wall for the respective doors for locking andunlocking the same, an endwise movable means disposed transverse to saidbolts and connected with said bolts and hooks for operating the same,and a locking hasp on the outside of said wall for one of the doors andconnected with said means for actuating the same.

7. The combination with a wardrobe trunk having a rigid body adapted tostand on one end and divided vertically into outwardly opening wardrobeand chi'onnier sections with two doors hinged to the body, one for eachsection and closable toward an upright wall of the body between saiddoors, of a locking mechanism for said doors, comprisinglu'gs carried bythe respective doors at their free edges with lugs on one door entering'slots in said Wall when said door is closed against the same, a lockinghasp on the outside of said wall for the other door, movable lockingmembers on the inside of said wall for both vsets of said lugs, andmeans connecting the hasp with the movable locking members whereby thelatter may be simultaneously moved by the hasp into and out of lockingengagement with the lugs on both doors. 8. The combination with awardrobe trunk having a rigid body adapted to stand on one end andldivided vertically into wardrobe and chiffonnier sections with two doorshinged to the body, one for each section andclosable against an uprightwall of the body between said doors, of a locking mechanism for saiddoors, comprising locking members carried by said wall for therespective doors and cooperating therewith for locking and unlocking thesame, a locking hasp on the outside of said wall for one of lthe doors,and means connecting the movable locking members for both doors withsaid hasp for simultaneous operation thereby, said hasp being rotatablymounted on said wall and movable between horizontal and verticalpositions in the locking and unlocking of said doors.

9. The combination with a wardrobe trunk having a rigid body dividedinto wardrobe and chiffonnier sections with two doors hinged to thebody, one Jfor each section and closable against an upright wall of thebody between said doors, of a locking mechanism for simultaneouslylocking and unlocking said doors, said mechanism including bolts andhooks and an endwise movable means on the inside of said wall, saidbolts being operated in a straight line from said means by a rack andpinion connection therewith, and a locking hasp on the outside of saidwall for one of the doors and connected with said means for actuatingthe same.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature this 25th day of March, 1926.

FRANK lV. MEYER.

